WEBVTT O SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS TEAMING UP.THEO: THREE MEN AND WOMEN LIVE IN THE HOMES IN WESTMINSTER.JESS COULD MUSCLEMEN IS A DIRECTOR OF THIS POGRAM AND SAYS HER CLIENTS NEED CRITICAL CARE. >> CATHIZATIONS.WE TAKE THEM TO THE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.WE PROVIDE ALL OF THEIR MEDICATIONS SO GIVING THEM ORAL AND TOPICAL MEDICATIONS.WE TAKE THEIR VITALS.WE MONITOR, BASICALLY, THEIR EVERYDAY HEALTH CONDITIONS.THEO: IT'S INFORMATION THAT WAS ALL LOGGED AND DOCUMENTED INTO COUNTLESS BOINLESLESS BINDERS, THAT IS, UP UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN THEYWERE AWARDED A $10,000 GRANT FROM POINT BREEZE CREDIT UNION TO IMPROVE THE PRACTICE. >> THEY REALLY SHOWED THE MOST INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR HELPING THE RESIDENTS OF CARROLLCOUNTY.THEO: IT ALLOWED FOR THE COLLABORATIVE TO COME INTO THE HOMES AND INSTALL SENSORS, TELEMEDICINE, IN-HOME MONITORINGAND ANALYTICAL PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES. >> COLLECTING THAT DAT AND APPLYING ANALYTICS TO IT WILL BEABLE TO HELP US PREDICT AND POSSIBLY PROCEED VENT PROBLEMS FROM HAPPENING TO THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE HOMES.THEO: THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, MAGIC AND TARGET WILLKEEP WORKING WITH THE TECHNOLOGY

Smart technology in the home is making life more convenient and entertaining for many of us, but in Carroll County, it's helping to improve people's quality of life.

For the past three months, smart technology inside several Westminster homes has been changing the lives of those with intellectual and mental disabilities who live in them.

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Three men and three women live in the Westminster homes and are under the care of health providers through Target Community and Educational Services.

Jessica Musselman, director of the program, said she sees clients with autism, Down syndrome, spina bifida and more who need critical care.

"Catheterization, we take them to their medical appointments. We provided all their medications, giving them oral and topical medications. We take their vitals and we monitor basically their everyday health conditions," Musselman said.

The information was logged and documented into countless binders, until a few months ago, when they were awarded a $10,000 grant from Point Breeze Credit Union to improve the practice.

"They really showed the most innovative technology for helping the residents of Carroll County," said Brenda Fisher, from Point Breeze.

The grant allowed for the Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaborative, or MAGIC, to come into the homes and install sensors, telemedicine, in home monitoring and analytical programs to improve health outcomes.

"Collecting all of that data and then applying the analytics to it will help us possibly predict and prevent problems from happening to individuals in the homes," said MAGIC executive director, Amy Rupp.

Officials said that this is just the beginning. MAGIC and Target will keep working with the technology in hopes to someday help change medical policy and laws and allow others to have it installed in their home.